Designed by
Riggs, Rita, American, born 1930
Potter, Betsey, American
Manufactured by
Hathaway Shirt Company, 1853 - 2002
Worn by
Hemsley, Sherman Alexander, American, 1938 - 2012
Subject of
The Jeffersons, American, 1975 - 1985
Date
1975
Medium
cotton, polyester, and plastic
Dimensions
H x W x D (on form): 32 5/8 × 21 1/2 × 11 1/2 in. (82.9 × 54.6 × 29.2 cm)
Description
This shirt is part of a suit worn by Sherman Hemsley as the character George Jefferson on the television show "The Jeffersons." The shirt is an off-white, long-sleeved, button-down dress shirt with a classic point collar. The shirt closes at the center front with seven (7) matching off-white plastic buttons, and there is one (1) v-edged pocket at the upper proper left chest. Each sleeve end is finished with a round cut cuff that fastens with two (2) off-white plastic buttons. The back of the shirt has one (1) center back pleat. At the interior base of the neck, broken threads indicate that a label was removed and the present smaller label with fiber content and care information was sewn here. Below this tag is a navy blue fabric tag with white embroidered text reading "Hathaway / Waterville, Maine". The shirt size is stamped in black ink on the interior proper left neckband. The letter "H" is machine-embroidered in red thread on the exterior proper left button band above the waist hem.
Place used
Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Clothing - Costume
Type
dress shirts
Topic
Actors
Clothing and dress
Costume
Costume design
Design
Sitcoms
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2013.145.1.4
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55cc29d3f-7410-4b7d-b0ab-d8abfc3c60bc

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